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Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist who is the Founder and previously served as President & CEO, currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)
We've covered the question of maintenance therapy for lung cancer in many posts over the past 5-6 years as it has evolved from a concept with little evidence to a standard of care, but it is difficult to get a good summary of the big picture. This presentation is my attempt to distill the field into the most important principles.
And for those who want to download the slides in an easily printable form, here's the slide set as a pdf file: Maintenance therapy primer
I hope you find this presentation helpful. Please ask questions, add comments, and share it with those who you think would learn from it.
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